noun · femininethird declension
faex
faex f (genitive faecis)
Classical[ˈfae̯ks]Ecclesiastical[ˈfɛks]
Meaning
- femininesediment, dregs
- femininesalt of tartar
- femininebrine used for pickling
- femininerouge as makeup
- femininefigurativelyscum; the dregs of humanity
- Medieval Latinfemininegrout (the mixture of malts and other ingredients that make up the grain bill and resulting mash in the brewing process of beer)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | faex | faecēs fēcēs |
| genitive | faecis fēcis | faecum fēcum |
| dative | faecī fēcī | faecibus fēcibus |
| accusative | faecem fēcem | faecēs fēcēs |
| ablative | faece fēce | faecibus fēcibus |
| vocative | faex | faecēs fēcēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- faex populi, plebis, civitatis
- the dregs of the people.
faex, faecis (
I. gen. plur.: faecum, acc. to Charis. p. 114 P.), f. etym. dub., grounds, sediment, lees, dregs of liquids (cf. sentina).
I. Lit.:
omnis mundi quasi limus subsedit funditus ut faex, Lucr. 5, 498: poti faece tenus cadi, Hor. C. 3, 15, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 35, 27: peruncti faecibus ora, id. A. P. 277: aceti, Plin. 28, 16, 62, § 219: sapae, id. 23, 2, 33, § 68; Vulg. Ezech. 23, 34.—B. Transf.
1. Burnt tartar or salt of tartar (cf. faecula), Hor. S. 2, 4, 55 and 73.—
2. The brine of pickles, Ov. M. 8, 666.—
3. Sediment, dregs, impurities of other things:
salis, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 92: aeris, id. 34, 13, 37, § 135: plumbosissima stibii, id. 33, 6, 34, § 103.—4. Paint or wash for the face, rouge, Ov. A. A. 3, 211.—
5. Jestingly, the last remains of one's money:
si quid adhuc superest de nostri faece locelli, Mart. 14, 13, 1.—II. Trop.:
res itaque ad summam faecem turbasque residit, to the lowest dregs of the people, Lucr. 5, 1140: quota portio faecis Achaei, Juv. 3, 61; cf.: apud illam perditissimam atque infimam faecem populi, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 5: apud sordem urbis et faecem, id. Att. 1, 16, 11; cf. also: in Romuli faece, id. ib. 2, 1, 8: legationis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 99: de faece hauris, i. e. from bad orators, id. Brut. 69, 244: faeces Israël, Vulg. Isa. 49, 6: dies sine faece, i. e. unclouded, clear, Mart. 8, 14, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
faex faecis, f
grounds, sediment, lees, dregs: poti faece tenus cadi, H.: peruncti faecibus ora, H.: terrena, earthy deposit, O.—Burnt tartar, salt of tartar, H.—The brine of pickles, O.—A wash for the face, H., O. — Fig., dregs, refuse: civitatum: urbis: in Romuli faece: de faece hauris, i. e. from bad orators.
Origins
Unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language. Unrelated to Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”).
Descendants
- Frenchfèces
- Italianfeccia
- Italianfeci
- Portuguesefez
- Portuguesefezes
- Sardinianfeche
- Sardinianfeghe
- Sardinianfexa
- Sardinianfexi
- Spanishhez